Combating the Dreaded Red-Eye

Red-eye is one of the most common problems encountered when taking photos of people. Red-eye happens when someone is looking directly at the camera, and the light from the flash reflects off the blood vessels in the retina.


Removing red-eye is quick and easy. After selecting Fix Red-Eye under Essential Tools, move your mouse over the offending red part of the eye, give it a single click and- voila, the red-eye is gone. If you're not satisfied with the result after one click, a second click will often do the trick.

Going to Print: Cropping Your Photos

When you're ready to get some prints made of your photos, the Crop tool under Essential Tools is invaluable. With it, you can size the photo to standard print sizes, (anywhere from 2 x 3 to 20 x 30), ensuring that your photo fits the exact print dimensions so that there is no white space on the print.




Making Great Gifts with Edges and Templates

Once you've fixed up your photos to your liking, you're ready to share them. Making prints is one way to let people see your photos. Another way to present them is to take advantage of the many offerings at the ImageStation store.

For gifts with a large white background (such as coffee mugs and t-shirts), your photos might benefit from both the Templates and Edges editing tools.

Let's start with Templates, which include a number of borders to suit any photo. Starting with a photo I shot at the zoo which I ran through Auto-Fix, I'm thinking of making a funny coffee mug for my girlfriend to remind her of my photo savvy and to make her laugh every time she takes a sip of coffee.

After choosing the Templates tab, I'm ready to find the perfect template. In looking at all of the choices available, I settle on a fun Valentine's Day theme. Clicking on the design applies it to the image. The photo is a little off-center, so I use the Move arrows to push it a touch to the right.

I choose to Save as Copy in order to preserve the original image, and now the image is ready to adorn the side of a coffee mug.

Another option for dressing up your image is to use the Edges tool.

Adding edges will give a nice textured look to sides of your photo, and look great against the white backdrop of a t-shirt or coffee mug.

Wrapping Up

The top photo editor's are powerful tools, allowing you to work wonders with your photos. With the tips above, you should have little trouble in creating great photos to show to friends and family on your computer screen, as a photographic print, or even on a coffee mug. Good luck!